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6-8 Motor Vehicle Gasoline Prices: Jan. 1980 – Aug. 2016

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Graphic Version | Excel

Dollars per gallon

Month Nominal price Real price
Jan-1980 1.13 3.50
Feb-1980 1.21 3.68
Mar-1980 1.25 3.77
Apr-1980 1.26 3.77
May-1980 1.27 3.74
Jun-1980 1.27 3.71
Jul-1980 1.27 3.71
Aug-1980 1.27 3.67
Sep-1980 1.26 3.61
Oct-1980 1.25 3.56
Nov-1980 1.25 3.52
Dec-1980 1.26 3.51
Jan-1981 1.30 3.59
Feb-1981 1.38 3.79
Mar-1981 1.42 3.86
Apr-1981 1.41 3.82
May-1981 1.40 3.76
Jun-1981 1.39 3.71
Jul-1981 1.38 3.64
Aug-1981 1.38 3.60
Sep-1981 1.38 3.56
Oct-1981 1.37 3.54
Nov-1981 1.37 3.52
Dec-1981 1.37 3.50
Jan-1982 1.31 3.35
Feb-1982 1.29 3.29
Mar-1982 1.25 3.18
Apr-1982 1.20 3.04
May-1982 1.21 3.04
Jun-1982 1.28 3.17
Jul-1982 1.30 3.21
Aug-1982 1.29 3.18
Sep-1982 1.27 3.13
Oct-1982 1.26 3.09
Nov-1982 1.24 3.06
Dec-1982 1.21 3.00
Jan-1983 1.18 2.92
Feb-1983 1.14 2.82
Mar-1983 1.12 2.74
Apr-1983 1.19 2.90
May-1983 1.23 2.99
Jun-1983 1.24 3.02
Jul-1983 1.25 3.03
Aug-1983 1.25 3.02
Sep-1983 1.24 2.97
Oct-1983 1.22 2.91
Nov-1983 1.20 2.86
Dec-1983 1.18 2.82
Jan-1984 1.17 2.77
Feb-1984 1.17 2.74
Mar-1984 1.17 2.75
Apr-1984 1.20 2.80
May-1984 1.21 2.81
Jun-1984 1.20 2.78
Jul-1984 1.18 2.73
Aug-1984 1.16 2.69
Sep-1984 1.17 2.69
Oct-1984 1.17 2.69
Nov-1984 1.17 2.67
Dec-1984 1.15 2.62
Jan-1985 1.10 2.52
Feb-1985 1.09 2.47
Mar-1985 1.12 2.53
Apr-1985 1.18 2.65
May-1985 1.20 2.70
Jun-1985 1.21 2.71
Jul-1985 1.21 2.70
Aug-1985 1.20 2.67
Sep-1985 1.18 2.63
Oct-1985 1.17 2.59
Nov-1985 1.17 2.58
Dec-1985 1.16 2.56
Jan-1986 1.15 2.52
Feb-1986 1.08 2.37
Mar-1986 0.94 2.09
Apr-1986 0.86 1.91
May-1986 0.89 1.98
Jun-1986 0.92 2.03
Jul-1986 0.85 1.88
Aug-1986 0.81 1.78
Sep-1986 0.82 1.80
Oct-1986 0.79 1.73
Nov-1986 0.78 1.70
Dec-1986 0.78 1.69
Jan-1987 0.82 1.77
Feb-1987 0.86 1.86
Mar-1987 0.87 1.88
Apr-1987 0.91 1.94
May-1987 0.91 1.94
Jun-1987 0.92 1.96
Jul-1987 0.94 1.98
Aug-1987 0.96 2.03
Sep-1987 0.95 2.00
Oct-1987 0.94 1.97
Nov-1987 0.93 1.95
Dec-1987 0.91 1.91
Jan-1988 0.89 1.84
Feb-1988 0.87 1.80
Mar-1988 0.87 1.79
Apr-1988 0.90 1.85
May-1988 0.93 1.90
Jun-1988 0.92 1.88
Jul-1988 0.93 1.90
Aug-1988 0.95 1.93
Sep-1988 0.94 1.89
Oct-1988 0.92 1.85
Nov-1988 0.91 1.82
Dec-1988 0.88 1.76
Jan-1989 0.87 1.74
Feb-1989 0.88 1.75
Mar-1989 0.90 1.78
Apr-1989 1.04 2.03
May-1989 1.09 2.12
Jun-1989 1.08 2.10
Jul-1989 1.06 2.05
Aug-1989 1.02 1.98
Sep-1989 0.99 1.92
Oct-1989 0.99 1.90
Nov-1989 0.96 1.83
Dec-1989 0.93 1.78
Jan-1990 1.00 1.89
Feb-1990 0.99 1.87
Mar-1990 0.99 1.85
Apr-1990 1.02 1.90
May-1990 1.03 1.93
Jun-1990 1.06 1.96
Jul-1990 1.05 1.94
Aug-1990 1.16 2.12
Sep-1990 1.26 2.29
Oct-1990 1.34 2.43
Nov-1990 1.34 2.41
Dec-1990 1.31 2.35
Jan-1991 1.18 2.11
Feb-1991 1.09 1.96
Mar-1991 1.04 1.86
Apr-1991 1.08 1.92
May-1991 1.13 2.00
Jun-1991 1.13 2.00
Jul-1991 1.10 1.94
Aug-1991 1.11 1.97
Sep-1991 1.11 1.95
Oct-1991 1.09 1.91
Nov-1991 1.10 1.92
Dec-1991 1.08 1.88
Jan-1992 1.02 1.78
Feb-1992 1.01 1.75
Mar-1992 1.01 1.76
Apr-1992 1.05 1.82
May-1992 1.11 1.91
Jun-1992 1.14 1.97
Jul-1992 1.14 1.95
Aug-1992 1.12 1.92
Sep-1992 1.12 1.92
Oct-1992 1.11 1.90
Nov-1992 1.11 1.89
Dec-1992 1.08 1.83
Jan-1993 1.06 1.79
Feb-1993 1.05 1.78
Mar-1993 1.05 1.77
Apr-1993 1.08 1.81
May-1993 1.10 1.84
Jun-1993 1.10 1.83
Jul-1993 1.08 1.80
Aug-1993 1.06 1.77
Sep-1993 1.05 1.75
Oct-1993 1.09 1.81
Nov-1993 1.07 1.76
Dec-1993 1.01 1.67
Jan-1994 1.00 1.65
Feb-1994 1.01 1.66
Mar-1994 1.01 1.65
Apr-1994 1.03 1.68
May-1994 1.05 1.71
Jun-1994 1.08 1.76
Jul-1994 1.11 1.80
Aug-1994 1.15 1.87
Sep-1994 1.14 1.85
Oct-1994 1.11 1.80
Nov-1994 1.12 1.80
Dec-1994 1.09 1.75
Jan-1995 1.08 1.73
Feb-1995 1.07 1.71
Mar-1995 1.07 1.71
Apr-1995 1.11 1.77
May-1995 1.18 1.87
Jun-1995 1.19 1.89
Jul-1995 1.15 1.82
Aug-1995 1.12 1.77
Sep-1995 1.11 1.75
Oct-1995 1.09 1.71
Nov-1995 1.06 1.67
Dec-1995 1.07 1.68
Jan-1996 1.09 1.70
Feb-1996 1.09 1.69
Mar-1996 1.14 1.76
Apr-1996 1.23 1.90
May-1996 1.28 1.97
Jun-1996 1.26 1.93
Jul-1996 1.23 1.88
Aug-1996 1.21 1.85
Sep-1996 1.20 1.84
Oct-1996 1.20 1.84
Nov-1996 1.23 1.87
Dec-1996 1.24 1.87
Jan-1997 1.24 1.87
Feb-1997 1.23 1.86
Mar-1997 1.21 1.82
Apr-1997 1.20 1.81
May-1997 1.20 1.81
Jun-1997 1.20 1.80
Jul-1997 1.17 1.77
Aug-1997 1.22 1.83
Sep-1997 1.23 1.84
Oct-1997 1.20 1.79
Nov-1997 1.17 1.75
Dec-1997 1.13 1.69
Jan-1998 1.09 1.62
Feb-1998 1.05 1.56
Mar-1998 1.02 1.51
Apr-1998 1.03 1.53
May-1998 1.06 1.58
Jun-1998 1.06 1.58
Jul-1998 1.06 1.56
Aug-1998 1.03 1.51
Sep-1998 1.01 1.49
Oct-1998 1.02 1.50
Nov-1998 1.00 1.46
Dec-1998 0.95 1.39
Jan-1999 0.94 1.37
Feb-1999 0.92 1.35
Mar-1999 0.98 1.44
Apr-1999 1.13 1.64
May-1999 1.13 1.64
Jun-1999 1.11 1.62
Jul-1999 1.16 1.67
Aug-1999 1.22 1.76
Sep-1999 1.26 1.80
Oct-1999 1.24 1.78
Nov-1999 1.25 1.79
Dec-1999 1.27 1.82
Jan-2000 1.29 1.84
Feb-2000 1.38 1.95
Mar-2000 1.52 2.14
Apr-2000 1.46 2.07
May-2000 1.49 2.09
Jun-2000 1.63 2.29
Jul-2000 1.55 2.17
Aug-2000 1.46 2.04
Sep-2000 1.55 2.15
Oct-2000 1.53 2.12
Nov-2000 1.52 2.10
Dec-2000 1.44 1.99
Jan-2001 1.45 1.99
Feb-2001 1.45 1.99
Mar-2001 1.41 1.93
Apr-2001 1.55 2.12
May-2001 1.70 2.31
Jun-2001 1.62 2.19
Jul-2001 1.42 1.93
Aug-2001 1.42 1.93
Sep-2001 1.52 2.06
Oct-2001 1.32 1.79
Nov-2001 1.17 1.59
Dec-2001 1.09 1.48
Jan-2002 1.11 1.50
Feb-2002 1.11 1.51
Mar-2002 1.25 1.69
Apr-2002 1.40 1.88
May-2002 1.39 1.87
Jun-2002 1.38 1.86
Jul-2002 1.40 1.87
Aug-2002 1.40 1.86
Sep-2002 1.40 1.87
Oct-2002 1.45 1.92
Nov-2002 1.42 1.89
Dec-2002 1.39 1.84
Jan-2003 1.46 1.92
Feb-2003 1.61 2.12
Mar-2003 1.69 2.22
Apr-2003 1.59 2.09
May-2003 1.50 1.97
Jun-2003 1.49 1.97
Jul-2003 1.51 1.99
Aug-2003 1.62 2.12
Sep-2003 1.68 2.19
Oct-2003 1.56 2.04
Nov-2003 1.51 1.97
Dec-2003 1.48 1.92
Jan-2004 1.57 2.03
Feb-2004 1.65 2.13
Mar-2004 1.74 2.24
Apr-2004 1.80 2.31
May-2004 1.98 2.54
Jun-2004 1.97 2.51
Jul-2004 1.91 2.44
Aug-2004 1.88 2.39
Sep-2004 1.87 2.38
Oct-2004 2.00 2.53
Nov-2004 1.98 2.49
Dec-2004 1.84 2.32
Jan-2005 1.83 2.30
Feb-2005 1.91 2.39
Mar-2005 2.08 2.60
Apr-2005 2.24 2.79
May-2005 2.16 2.69
Jun-2005 2.16 2.68
Jul-2005 2.29 2.83
Aug-2005 2.49 3.06
Sep-2005 2.90 3.52
Oct-2005 2.72 3.29
Nov-2005 2.26 2.75
Dec-2005 2.19 2.66
Jan-2006 2.32 2.80
Feb-2006 2.28 2.76
Mar-2006 2.42 2.93
Apr-2006 2.74 3.29
May-2006 2.91 3.48
Jun-2006 2.88 3.45
Jul-2006 2.98 3.54
Aug-2006 2.95 3.49
Sep-2006 2.56 3.04
Oct-2006 2.24 2.68
Nov-2006 2.23 2.66
Dec-2006 2.31 2.75
Jan-2007 2.24 2.65
Feb-2007 2.28 2.69
Mar-2007 2.56 3.01
Apr-2007 2.85 3.33
May-2007 3.15 3.67
Jun-2007 3.06 3.56
Jul-2007 2.96 3.44
Aug-2007 2.79 3.23
Sep-2007 2.80 3.24
Oct-2007 2.80 3.23
Nov-2007 3.08 3.52
Dec-2007 3.02 3.44
Jan-2008 3.04 3.46
Feb-2008 3.03 3.43
Mar-2008 3.24 3.66
Apr-2008 3.46 3.90
May-2008 3.77 4.22
Jun-2008 4.05 4.50
Jul-2008 4.06 4.47
Aug-2008 3.78 4.17
Sep-2008 3.70 4.08
Oct-2008 3.05 3.39
Nov-2008 2.15 2.43
Dec-2008 1.69 1.92
Jan-2009 1.79 2.03
Feb-2009 1.92 2.18
Mar-2009 1.96 2.22
Apr-2009 2.05 2.32
May-2009 2.27 2.56
Jun-2009 2.63 2.95
Jul-2009 2.53 2.84
Aug-2009 2.62 2.93
Sep-2009 2.55 2.85
Oct-2009 2.55 2.84
Nov-2009 2.65 2.94
Dec-2009 2.61 2.89
Jan-2010 2.72 3.01
Feb-2010 2.64 2.93
Mar-2010 2.77 3.07
Apr-2010 2.85 3.16
May-2010 2.84 3.15
Jun-2010 2.73 3.03
Jul-2010 2.73 3.02
Aug-2010 2.73 3.02
Sep-2010 2.71 2.99
Oct-2010 2.80 3.08
Nov-2010 2.86 3.14
Dec-2010 2.99 3.27
Jan-2011 3.09 3.37
Feb-2011 3.21 3.49
Mar-2011 3.56 3.85
Apr-2011 3.80 4.09
May-2011 3.91 4.19
Jun-2011 3.68 3.95
Jul-2011 3.65 3.91
Aug-2011 3.64 3.88
Sep-2011 3.61 3.84
Oct-2011 3.45 3.67
Nov-2011 3.38 3.59
Dec-2011 3.27 3.47
Jan-2012 3.38 3.58
Feb-2012 3.58 3.78
Mar-2012 3.85 4.06
Apr-2012 3.90 4.10
May-2012 3.73 3.93
Jun-2012 3.54 3.73
Jul-2012 3.44 3.63
Aug-2012 3.72 3.90
Sep-2012 3.85 4.02
Oct-2012 3.75 3.90
Nov-2012 3.45 3.60
Dec-2012 3.31 3.45
Jan-2013 3.32 3.45
Feb-2013 3.67 3.80
Mar-2013 3.71 3.85
Apr-2013 3.57 3.71
May-2013 3.61 3.76
Jun-2013 3.63 3.76
Jul-2013 3.59 3.72
Aug-2013 3.57 3.69
Sep-2013 3.53 3.65
Oct-2013 3.34 3.45
Nov-2013 3.24 3.34
Dec-2013 3.28 3.36
Jan-2014 3.31 3.39
Feb-2014 3.36 3.43
Mar-2014 3.53 3.61
Apr-2014 3.66 3.73
May-2014 3.67 3.74
Jun-2014 3.69 3.76
Jul-2014 3.61 3.67
Aug-2014 3.49 3.55
Sep-2014 3.41 3.46
Oct-2014 3.17 3.22
Nov-2014 2.91 2.96
Dec-2014 2.54 2.59
Jan-2015 2.12 2.17
Feb-2015 2.22 2.27
Mar-2015 2.46 2.52
Apr-2015 2.47 2.52
May-2015 2.72 2.77
Jun-2015 2.80 2.85
Jul-2015 2.79 2.83
Aug-2015 2.64 2.67
Sep-2015 2.37 2.40
Oct-2015 2.29 2.32
Nov-2015 2.16 2.18
Dec-2015 2.04 2.06
Jan-2016 1.95 1.97
Feb-2016 1.76 1.79
Mar-2016 1.97 2.00
Apr-2016 2.11 2.13
May-2016 2.27 2.28
Jun-2016 2.37 2.38
Jul-2016 2.24 2.25
Aug-2016 2.18 2.19

Notes: Nominal prices are average monthly prices of regular grade motor vehicle gasoline. Real prices are in October 2016 dollars adjusted by the Consumer Price Index (1982-84=1).

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, available at www.eia.doe.gov as of October 2016.